Q2

After Hamilton’s problems in Q1 it was the turn of the other British driver – Jenson Button – to suffer a scare in Q2. His Brawn had struggled to match the speed of the Red Bulls in practice, and he found himself in the bottom five in the dying moments of Q2.

He managed to improve to eighth with his final run, knocking out Felipe Massa. The Ferrari driver missed the apex at Brooklands and Luffield on his final attempt, leaving him out of the shoot-out for the top ten.

Vettel was quickest after the first round of laps, but Webber improved on his second lap – his first stint on soft tyres – lapping in 1’20.040, which no-one could get within 0.3s to begin with. It took Vettel until the dying moments to do better, posting a 1’18.119, but unlike Webber he had to use the soft tyres to do it.

Q3

Both Brawns, Red Bulls, Toyotas, Williams plus Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen started the final part of qualifying.

But the anticipated battle between the two Red Bull drivers failed to materialise – perhaps because of differences in their fuel loads, but it was also down to Webber getting delayed by Raikkonen at the beginning of his flying lap. That left Webber third behind Barrichello.

I think given the seriousness of FOTAs current stance, I dont see a blocking complaint suddenly tearing them apart. If any penalty was applied, then Ferrari’s hostility would surely be directed towards the FIA anyway if they deemed it unfair.

Agreed, I think Ross would have made the decision to keep Jenson out 2-3 laps longer (maybe more) as it was obvious he wasn’t going to make front row, I wouldn’t be suprised if Webber is a bit heavier than Vettel as well.

Great qualifying session when Sutil crashed i was gutted because i felt Bourdais could sneak into Q2 but its not so bad with this ever unpredictable British weather anything can happen so they can choose a strategy that could reap something if some water decides to show up tommorow.
Vettel was stunning in my mind i knew he’d get pole but i chose Webber in predictions because i feel like he has to get luck somehow but i knew Vettel would get pole tommorow i hope he doesn’t make mistakes and wins so the championship would look interesting.
Button i think his struggling first signs of pressure maybe? i do hope he has DNF same with Rubens for the sake of competetiveness in the Championship & Keith am i write in saying Vettel’s Q2 Time of 1’18.111 is a new circuit record? so much for slowing the cars down :)

That’s pretty impressive by Vettel, the heaviest runner in Q3 by 5 kg to the Williams of Rosberg. 7 kilos heavier than his teammate, and 9 more than Barrichello. I hope he gets a clean first lap this time… :)